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What is the internal identifier of a parameter, which is also used in formulas

fabian_oswaldYVZ4J — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:57:37 GMT

Hello,

I am developing an addin in which I can define my own formulas in the family editor. Similar to the family type dialog.

Let's assume the formula is:
Window {Width} x {Height} {GlassType}

I don't want to save this internally because if I rename a parameter, it will no longer match the formula. Or If I start Revit in another language - for example German - the width and height parameters are no longer found.

I would like to save it as follows instead:
Window {GUID} x {GUID} {GUID}

Now to GUID:
What can I use here? The most obvious is the ID of InternalDefinition.
However, there have been several changes here in the last versions of Revit:

Revit 2020 Id: 4111
Revit 2021 Id: 4111
Revit 2022 GetTypeId: autodesk.parameter.aec.revit.family:4111-1.0.0
Revit 2023 GetTypeId: revit.local.family:5da7dc0b7e9c4288adb7f24b3b6923d80000100f-1.0.0
Revit 2025 GetTypeId: revit.local.family:5da7dc0b7e9c4288adb7f24b3b6923d80000100f-1.0.0

I am interested in how the following formulas are saved internally by Revit. I strongly suspect that the parameter names are replaced by a unique identifier. But which one?

@jeremy_tammik Perhaps you could ask the developers about this? Many thanks in advance.

Re: What is the internal identifier of a parameter, which is also used in formulas

jeremy_tammik — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:48:25 GMT

Ok, I asked the development team for you.

Re: What is the internal identifier of a parameter, which is also used in formulas

jeremy_tammik — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:52:39 GMT

They say: I think InternalDefinition.Id is the proper stable id:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2024/6b71158a-443a-7220-8934-5e86271984ee.htm

The GetTypeId() is the Forge Parameter Schema typeId and it changed in the past few versions. The Id() remained the same.

Re: What is the internal identifier of a parameter, which is also used in formulas

jeremy_tammik — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:29:25 GMT

Can you confirm that this works for your requirements, please? Thx!

Re: What is the internal identifier of a parameter, which is also used in formulas

jeremy_tammik — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:11:21 GMT

... assuming that it does, I now went ahead and shared it for posterity:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2024/07/stable-parameter-identifier-and-webview2-plans.html#3